Ontario’s Liberals gathered in Toronto this weekend for a final convention to rally troops and hone election policies before provincial election in June.

Thus far, the main elements of the Liberal re-election plan seems to include heaping debt on future generations to fund free-for-all promises and saccharine, bumper-sticker campaign slogans that revolve around the word “fair.”

“I’m so excited to welcome Liberals from across Ontario to this weekend’s AGM! I’m looking forward to working together on our next steps to build a fairer, better province for everyone,” Premier Kathleen Wynne tweeted from the Westin Harbour Castle hotel on Toronto’s waterfront.

The ongoing chaos in the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party caused by the abrupt resignation of leader Patrick Brown and party president Rick Dykstra over sexual misconduct allegations pose both opportunity and challenge for the Liberals.

Having spent countless hours preparing to fight Brown, his People’s Guarantee and perceived flip-flops over abortion, same-sex marriage and sex education, the Liberals now face the prospect of a new leader with a new agenda.

Brown’s potential successors include Caroline Mulroney, a smart, tough lawyer and mom who is the daughter of former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Christine Elliott, also a lawyer and former MPP whose credentials are so impeccable the Liberals made her Ontario’s first Patient Ombudsman. Doug Ford brings populist appeal that speaks directly to widespread voter frustration over politics-as-usual. And Rod Phillips, who brings extensive leadership experience inside and outside of government including as chair of Postmedia.

For Wynne and her Liberals, waiting for Conservatives to wrap up their leadership campaign by March 10 causes considerable difficulty in directing venom toward a particular or potential leader.

And while the Liberals shadow-box, Conservatives under interim leader Vic Fedeli will have ample opportunity to remind Ontarians about the disastrous impact 15 years of Liberal rule have had on this province.

There’s little “fair” about that record.

The highest hydro prices in Canada, the highest auto insurance premiums in Canada, the highest sub-sovereign debt in the world, corruption charges against government staffers, charges by the province’s fiscal watchdog the government is hiding a $4 billion deficit, callous indifference to the erosion of Ontario’s auto and manufacturing sector, billions down the drain in a series of gas plant, green energy and other scandals.

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